Agarwood Oil Thailand
Agarwood oil has a very rich, deep and complex odour. It has an enveloping woody note with warm, animalic accents. Its richness comes from the balsamic, leathery and smoky facets.
Nowadays, oud is a symbol of luxury and is prized in European niche perfumery and Middle Eastern fragrances. Used in many oriental fragrances, it blossoms at the heart of woody and leathery accords.
Aquilaria crassna is a fast-growing subtropical forest tree that grows wild from the foothills of the Himalayas in South Asia, throughout Southeast Asia and into the tropical rainforests of Papua New Guinea. The resin of the Aquilaria crassna tree is normally odourless. In response to environmental stresses such as lightning, animal grazing, insect attack or microbial invasion, the tree’s immune system produces the valuable resin, called agarwood, to protect and heal infected wounds. The resin slowly coats the affected area, hardening and staining the wood with an aromatic fragrance that spreads over time.
To meet market demand while preserving this exceptional natural resource, local communities have learned to extract the rare resin using an artificial induction process. This involves making nail or axe wounds in the wood and exposing it to infection by fungi such as Phialophora parasitica. When a tree is ready to be harvested, it is felled. The bark is then removed and the wood is carefully carved to remove the parts that are not stained with agarwood. Some of the agarwood is kept, cleaned and sold for burning in the Middle and Far East.
Agarwood is a highly sought-after fragrance in the Middle and Far East, where it is traditionally burned as incense or used to make attars and perfume oils.
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